{"product_id":"takatori-ware-flat-tea-bowl-hirachawan-by-kamei-rakuzan","title":"Takatori Ware Flat Tea Bowl (Hirachawan) by Kamei Rakuzan","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea culture with this Takatori Ware Flat Tea Bowl (Hirachawan) by Kamei Rakuzan — a summer-form chawan rooted in the Enshu Nanagama lineage, where warm amber glaze meets a dramatic white-green splash in quiet, unhurried contrast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Kamei Rakuzan (亀井楽山)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Takatori-yaki with nagashigake (流し掛け \/ splash glaze)\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Takatori, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: 14.9 cm × 5.7 cm (5.9\" × 2.2\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed wooden box (tomobako) — stamped 楽山 with hexagonal kiln mark, 楽山造 signature\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTakatori ware holds a distinguished place among the Enshu Nanagama (遠州七窯) — the seven kilns personally favored by Kobori Enshu, the tea master whose aesthetic philosophy shaped centuries of chanoyu practice. Enshu valued what he called \"kirei-sabi\" — a refined rusticity that balances natural warmth with compositional clarity. This bowl answers that call directly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hirachawan (平茶碗) form is specific to summer tea practice. Its wide, shallow profile allows usucha to cool naturally, turning the act of drinking into a seasonal gesture. Where a winter bowl cups heat inward, a summer bowl opens outward — an architecture of breath and temperature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe nagashigake technique — where a contrasting glaze is poured freely across the fired surface — produces the white-green splash that cascades from the interior down one side. This is not decoration applied to a form. It is a moment recorded in glaze: the pour, the flow, the stop. Each bowl receives its splash once, and the result is unrepeatable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The kiln remembers what the hand forgets — and the glaze carries what neither intended.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Enshu Nanagama Lineage**: Kobori Enshu (1579–1647) identified seven kilns whose work embodied his vision of kirei-sabi. Takatori was among them, and its potters have carried that standard for over four centuries. A Takatori bowl is not simply regional pottery — it is a direct participant in an unbroken aesthetic conversation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Nagashigake (Splash Glaze)**: The white-green splash across the amber ground is the compositional center of this bowl. The technique demands confidence: the pour is singular, gravity-dependent, and final. The resulting contrast — cool green-white against warm iron-spotted amber — holds the eye without competing for attention. It is presence without announcement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Hirachawan for Summer Use**: The wide, shallow form is functional poetry. In Japanese tea practice, the vessel shifts with the season. Summer bowls open wide to release heat; winter bowls close inward to hold it. This hirachawan carries its season in its architecture — a bowl that knows the month before tea is poured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Iron Spots and Earth Tones**: The warm amber-brown base glaze carries dark iron spots (tenmoku-like inclusions) that surface during firing. These are not flaws but signatures of the clay and kiln atmosphere — evidence of process that no two firings reproduce identically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【基本情報】\u003cbr\u003e• 作家：亀井楽山\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：高取焼・流し掛け（なだれ釉）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：福岡県・高取\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：14.9 cm × 5.7 cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（楽山造 印・六角窯印）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好 — 傷、欠け、直しなし\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e高取焼は遠州七窯の一つに数えられ、小堀遠州が提唱した「綺麗寂び」の美意識を今に伝える窯です。本作は平茶碗（夏茶碗）の形状をとり、広く浅い口径が薄茶を自然に冷ます夏の点前に適しています。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e琥珀色の釉薬に鉄斑が浮かぶ温かな地肌に、白緑色の流し掛けが一筋走る構図は、高取焼の土味と釉技を一碗に凝縮しています。流し掛けは一度きりの所作であり、重力と釉薬の粘性が生む偶然の景色は、二つとして同じものがありません。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*A summer bowl that carries its season in the width of its mouth — open, unhurried, and complete.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61593235456370,"sku":"260113_a_1554","price":1465.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m47010954891_9.jpg?v=1771035390","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/takatori-ware-flat-tea-bowl-hirachawan-by-kamei-rakuzan","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}